When suffering arises, where does it arise from? The cause is wrong view, the fruit of that being suffering. If it was right view it wouldn’t cause suffering.
AJAHN CHAHOf course there are dozens of meditation techniques, but it all comes down to this – just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle. Why not give it a try?
More Ajahn Chah Quotes
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Truth is all there is. It’s like when you learned how to read, you can then read anywhere you go.
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Why do we suffer? Because we stepped on it. So the suffering comes from us.
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Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath.
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At some point your heart will tell itself what to do.
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You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
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We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.
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Some people are afraid of generosity. They feel they will be taken advantage of or oppressed.
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Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or fall with them.
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When nature finally calls, they have no idea where to go and are in a mess.
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We say that to ‘give up all evil and to develop the good’ is the heart of the Buddha’s teaching.
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Holding on to anger as a personal possession will cause suffering. If anger really belonged to us, it would have to obey us. If it doesn’t obey us, that means it’s only a deception.
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Breathing is something vital to peoples lives. If you see that Dhamma practice is vital to your life, then you will feel that breathing and practising the Dhamma are equally important.
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I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it – incredibly.
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Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
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The ladle is in the soup pot every day, but it doesn’t know the taste of the soup. You must reflect and meditate.
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